Critical Hit Tweaks
🟡 Updated this year⚠️ Install Order · 6 steps
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 0.8% endorsement rate
- 🏆 #23 of 137 Gameplay mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
SKSE Plugin that enables magic critical hits and makes changes to weapon critical hits so the temper state of the weapon gets used in the damage calculation. With an optional modifier to increase critical hit damage further
Critical Hit Tweaks is an SKSE plugin for Skyrim that enables magic critical hits and adjusts weapon critical hit damage to factor in weapon tempering. It includes an optional modifier to further boost critical hit damage. With 74 endorsements and recent updates, it's a niche utility for players seeking deeper combat mechanics.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Fills a real gap—magic never crits in vanilla, so this adds a whole new layer to spell builds.
- Tempering now matters for crits, making smithing more impactful for damage-focused characters.
- Active development (last updated March 2026) and a decent download count (9.6k) show it's being used.
⚠️ Cons
- Requires SKSE, so it's PC-only and adds a dependency for mod managers.
- Small mod with a niche focus—if you don't care about crit mechanics, it's easy to skip.
- Potential conflicts with other combat overhauls that touch critical hit logic, so test load order.
For Skyrim players who want more depth in combat, especially mages tired of no crits and warriors who want smithing to synergize with crit damage. Skip if you're happy with vanilla crits or don't use SKSE.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Make sure SKSE is installed and launched via skse64_loader.exe, not the default launcher.
- Use a mod manager like MO2 or Vortex to handle the SKSE plugin placement—manual installs can be messy.
- If you use combat overhauls like Ordinator or Wildcat, place Critical Hit Tweaks after them in your load order to avoid overwrites.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Skyrim Mods
- Author
- styyx
- Version
- 1.1.1
- Downloads
- 9,629
- Endorsements
- 74
- Category
- Gameplay
- Created
- 12/16/2025
- Updated
- 3/29/2026
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